Well, we are back home in Vancouver! Our friend Michelle picked us up at the airport (which was great!) and drove us home. A very long day, but passed without incident. Thank you all for reading, and we will be back on here for our next adventure…. Whenever that is! -John Nous voilà de retour à la maison!!! Enfin, après…
Author: John Crummy
Brisbane 2
Our last full day in Australia! We returned the rental car this morning, clocking in at 5869 km overall. After that, fish and chips on the waterfront, followed by a milkshake. The rest of the day was playing with Sam, napping, reading, and dinner (with Paul and Claire, as well as Claire’s sister Prue). Tomorrow we get onboard our flight…
Brisbane
Now that we are back in Brisbane, we are relaxing a bit more I think. We took a trip up to Queensland Maritime Museum, located on the Brisbane River. The main attraction there is the HMAS Diamantina, a WW2 frigate. It was actually the location of the last surrender of the war, when Japanese officers from Ocean Island signed their…
Rockhampton to/à Hervey Bay
Today was another travel day for us, slowly heading south to Brisbane. Not much else to report really, Hervey Bay seems like a decent place, and the pizza down the street was excellent! -John Nous avons tranquillement repris la route ce matin pour se rendre à Hervey Bay, où nous passerons les 2 prochains jours. Ce soir, tes bonne pizza…
Rockhampton
We’ve done hikes through the mountains, and looked up at the stars, so today we went down into the ground. Just north of Rockhampton on Mt. Etna are the Capricorn Caves. Previously known as the Olsen Caves, the Capricorn Caves have been open for visitors since 1884. The caves are in and around the limestone mountain, and were created when…
West Wyalong to/à Coonabarabran
Like we mentioned yesterday, early out of bed today to be on the road just before sunrise. We arrived in Parkes around 0830 to get to the laundromat and clean some clothes. Chantal hug around the laundry while I walked up to Subway to pick up breakfast. We discovered that when the dryer says it is set to hot, it…
Travel to Melbourne / Voyage vers Melbourne
Today we woke up in Eden and paid a visit to the Killer Whale museum. No Tragically Hip here, just a history of the local whaling industry. It turns out that the local onshore whaling crews were helped out my a pack of killer whales (orcas) with a taste for the same whale as the humans. The orcas would find…
End of Canberra, on to Melbourne / En route vers Melbourne
Hello, Today was another travel day, from Canberra down to Eden on the south coast. Luckily for us, the day started off with some decent weather and blue skies, so we went up Mt. Ainslie (something we wanted to do yesterday) for a couple of quick photos. Once that was done we hit the road, and besides a stop in…
Blue Mountains Day 1 / Jour 1
Our first full day in the Blue Mountains started with a trip to Katoomba for breakfast, which turn into a bit of an ordeal. It turns out today they were having a street festival which blocked off the main route into and out of town. We are not really sure what the festival was all about (besides setting up tents…
Port Macquarie
Hi all, this is a late post for yesterday. It was mostly just driving from Brisbane to Port Macquarie. We did a stop in Byron Bay and went for a short walk along the beach. Quiet day, but there were still some surfers out doing their thing. We continued on and stopped for lunch in Ballina, and then another quick…